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JMikeD · 08-06-2008, 02:50 PM

Well, I guess that was really the question: how is the information the metadata intended to be interpreted? is it Lastname, Firstname or Firstname Lastname? Does the program see a comma and then invert the order?

I'm looking for some guidelines to determine how to format the author name when I use Mobperl to add this info to books I get. The results seem to be inconsistent.

Without doing a lot of experimenting, natch.

There does seem to be confusion, as I see books on Amazon listed as (for instance):

Leigh Brackett
Leigh, Brackett
Brackett, Leigh

So I'm not the only one confused, heh.

08-06-2008, 02:50 PM	#3
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	Well, I guess that was really the question: how is the information the metadata intended to be interpreted? is it Lastname, Firstname or Firstname Lastname? Does the program see a comma and then invert the order? I'm looking for some guidelines to determine how to format the author name when I use Mobperl to add this info to books I get. The results seem to be inconsistent. Without doing a lot of experimenting, natch. There does seem to be confusion, as I see books on Amazon listed as (for instance): Leigh Brackett Leigh, Brackett Brackett, Leigh So I'm not the only one confused, heh. Last edited by JMikeD; 08-06-2008 at 02:55 PM.